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Adding a Layer 2 Bridge to an NSX Edge Device
After watching this video; you will be able to add a layer 2 bridge to a VMware NSX Edge device.
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Adding a Logical Router
After watching this video; you will be able to add a logical router.
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Adding a Transport Zone
After watching this video; you will be able to add a Transport Zone.
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Adding and Editing a DHCP IP Pool
After watching this video; you will be able to add and edit a DHCP IP pool.
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Adding and Editing DHCP Static Binding
After watching this video; you will be able to add and edit DHCP static binding.
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Adding and Removing a Logical Switch
After watching this video; you will be able to add and remove a logical switch.
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Adding and Removing an ESXi Host from a vDS
After watching this video; you will be able to add and remove ESXi hosts from a vSphere Distributed Switch.
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Adding Destination NAT Rules
After watching this video; you will be able to add Destination NAT (DNAT) rules.
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Adding Source NAT Rules
After watching this video; you will be able to add Source NAT (SNAT) rules.
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Assigning Segment ID Pool and Multicast Addresses
After watching this video; you will be able to assign Segment ID pool and Multicast addresses.
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Assigning Users and Roles to Inventory Objects
After watching this video; you will be able to configure inventory objects to users.
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Assigning vCenter User Roles
After watching this video; you will be able to identify when to use and how to configure vCenter user roles.
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Auditing Changes with NSX Ticket Logger
After watching this video; you will be able to describe NSX Ticket Logger and specify the steps used to audit infrastructure changes with NSX Ticket Logger.
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Auditing Firewall Rules
After watching this video; you will be able to audit firewall rules using flow monitoring.
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Basic NSX Topology
After watching this video; you will be able to describe a basic VMware NSX topology.
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Changing the Control Plane Mode for a Transport Zone
After watching this video; you will be able to change the Control Plane mode for a Transport Zone.
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Collapsed and Separated vSphere Cluster Topologies
After watching this video; you will be able to differentiate between collapsed and separate vSphere cluster topologies.
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Collecting Virtual Machine Data
After watching this video; you will be able to configure single and multiple virtual machine data collection.
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Common NSX Terms
After watching this video; you will be able to define common terms used in VMware NSX.
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Common Physical Network Topologies
After watching this video; you will be able to identify common topologies of physical networks.
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Common vSS and vDS Policies
After watching this video; you will be able to identify common vSphere Standard Switch and vSphere Distributed Switch policies.
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Configure High Available for a Logical Router
After watching this video; you will be able to configure High Available for a logical router.
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Configure Traffic Shaping Policies
After watching this video; you will be able to configure traffic shaping policies.
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Configure VLAN Settings
After watching this video; you will be able to configure VLAN settings.
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Configuring a Management Interface
After watching this video; you will be able to configure a management interface.
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Configuring a Security Policy
After watching this video; you will be able to create a security policy in Service Composer.
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Configuring an Existing vSphere Infrastructure
After watching this video; you will be able to configure an existing vSphere infrastructure and upgrade VMware Tools.
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Configuring an NSX Virtual Network
After watching this video; you will be able to create switches and configure VXLANs in a VMware NSX virtual network.
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Configuring and Analyzing a Data Security Policy
After watching this video; you will be able to configure a data security policy.
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Configuring Default Gateway
After watching this video; you will be able to configure default gateway.
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Configuring Distributed Firewall Rules
After watching this video; you will be able to create and edit a Distributed Firewall rule and configure the source; destination; service and action rule components.
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Configuring DNS Services
After watching this video; you will be able to configure DNS services.
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Configuring dvPort Settings
After watching this video; you will be able to configure dvPort settings.
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Configuring dvPortgroup Blocking Policies
After watching this video; you will be able to configure dvPortgroup blocking policies.
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Configuring dvPortgroups
After watching this video; you will be able to add; configure and remove dvPortgroups.
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Configuring Dynamic Routing and Load Balancer Logs
After watching this video; you will be able to configure dynamic routing information and basic Load Balancer logging.
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Configuring Edge Routing
After watching this video; you will be able to configure edge routing.
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Configuring Firewall Rules
After watching this video; you will be able to create a new Distributed Firewall rule; enable a rule; change the order of a rule; and add a new rule section.
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Configuring Global Load Balancing
After watching this video; you will be able to configure global load balancing.
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Configuring IP Address Assignments
After watching this video; you will be able to configure IP address assignments on logical switches.
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Configuring IPSec VPNs
After watching this video; you will be able to configure IPSec VPNs including VPN services; parameters; and logging
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Configuring Layer 2 VPNs
After watching this video; you will be able to configure Layer 2 VPNs incusing enabling; adding clients and servers and viewing statistics.
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Configuring Load Balancing and Failover Policies
After watching this video; you will be able to configure load balancing and failover policies.
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Configuring Load Balancing and HA
After watching this video; you will be able to configure load balancing and high availability in VMware NSX.
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Configuring Logical Firewall Rules
After watching this video; you will be able to create and edit an Edge Firewall rule .
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Configuring Network Access/Web Access SSL VPN-Plus
After watching this video; you will be able to configure network access and web access SSL VPN-Plus including configuration; pools networks; packages; users and scripts.
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Configuring NSX Edge High Availability Heartbeat
After watching this video; you will be able to configure NSX Edge High Availability heartbeat settings.
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Configuring NSX Manager and NSX Edge Logs
After watching this video; you will be able to configure syslogs for NSX Manager and NSX Edge.
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Configuring NSX Manager Data Backup and Restore
After watching this video; you will be able to complete the steps required to backup and restore NSX Manager data.
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Configuring NSX REST APIs
After watching this video; you will be able to implement REST APIs in supported browsers.
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Configuring Port Groups on vSphere Standard Switches
After watching this video; you will be able to add; edit and remove port groups on a vSphere Standard Switch.
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Configuring Routing Protocols
After watching this video; you will be able to configure routing protocols including static routes; OSPF; BGP and IS-IS.
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Configuring Security Tags
After watching this video; you will be able to add ; edit; delete; assign and view security tags.
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Configuring SpoofGuard
After watching this video; you will be able to create a SpoofGuard policy and approve IP addresses.
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Configuring the Physical Infrastructure
After watching this video; you will be able to configure the physical infrastructure; including MTU and dynamic routing for edge.
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Configuring Users; Scopes; and Logs
After watching this video; you will be able to configure a user role; scope; NSX Manager syslogs and download tech support logs.
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Configuring Virtual Adapters
After watching this video; you will be able to create; configure and remove virtual adapters.
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Configuring VM NICs on a vSphere Standard Switch
After watching this video; you will be able to add; configure and remove VM NICs on a vSphere Standard Switch.
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Configuring VMkernel Port for Network Services
After watching this video; you will be able to configure VMkernel ports for network services.
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Configuring vSphere Switches
After watching this video; you will be able to configure vSphere switches and virtual adapters.
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Configuring VXLAN Transport
After watching this video; you will be able to configure VXLAN Transport.
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Connecting a Logical Switch to an NSX Edge Gateway
After watching this video; you will be able to connect a logical switch to a VMware NSX Edge gateway.
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Connecting and Disconnecting Virtual Machines
After watching this video; you will be able to connect and disconnect virtual machines.
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Controller & Switch Requirements for Logical Router
After watching this video; you will be able to describe controller and logical switch requirements for logical router deployment.
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Creating a Service Monitor
After watching this video; you will be able to create a service monitor.
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Creating a vSphere Distributed Switch
After watching this video; you will be able to create a vSphere Distributed Switch.
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Creating an IP Pool
After watching this video; you will be able to create an IP pool.
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Cross-Protocol Route Sharing Requirements
After watching this video; you will be able to determine if cross-protocol route sharing is needed for a given NSX implementation.
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Deploying and Upgrading NSX
After watching this video; you will be able to identify the steps to install and iupgrade VMware NSX components.
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Deploying NSX Controllers
After watching this video; you will be able to deploy VMware NSX Controllers.
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Deploying Services to a Logical Switch
After watching this video; you will be able to deploy services to a logical switch.
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Determining Appropriate Teaming Policy
After watching this video; you will be able to determine the appropriate teaming policy for a given implementation.
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Distributed Firewall Rules
After watching this video; you will be able to compare Layer 2 and Layer 3 distributed firewall rules; entity-based and Identity-based rules; and describe rule processing order and rule segregation.
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Distributed Virtual Switch Type & Version
After watching this video; you will be able to determine distributed virtual switch type and version for a given VMware NSX implementation.
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Editing a Transport Zone
After watching this video; you will be able to edit a Transport Zone.
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Editing vSphere Distributed Switch Settings
After watching this video; you will be able to edit general vSphere Distributed Switch settings.
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Enabling a DHCP IP Pool
After watching this video; you will be able to enable a DHCP IP pool.
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Enabling Jumbo Frame Support
After watching this video; you will be able to enable Jumbo Frame support on appropriate components.
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Enabling TSO Support for a Virtual Machine
After watching this video; you will be able to enable TCP Segmentation Offload (TOE) support for a virtual machine.
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ESXi Host Upgrade Requirements
After watching this video; you will be able to Identify upgrade requirements for ESXi hosts.
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Excluding Virtual Machines from Firewall Protection
After watching this video; you will be able to identify reasons why virtual machines should be excluded from Distributed Firewall protection and recognize the steps to exclude the VMs.
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Expanding and Contracting a Transport Zone
After watching this video; you will be able to expand and contract a Transport Zone.
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Exploring REST APIs
After watching this video; you will be able to describe NSX REST APIs and how they work.
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Generating Tech Support Logs
After watching this video; you will be able to identify the steps required to download NSX Edge and NSX Manager tech support logs.
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High Availability Requirements for Layer 2 Bridging
After watching this video; you will be able to identify high availability requirements for layer 2 bridging.
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Identifying Monitoring Methods
After watching this video; you will be able to identifying various NSX monitoring methods.
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Identifying VXLAN Requirements
After watching this video; you will be able to identify where to install and configure VXLAN and physical network requirements.
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Installing Data Security
After watching this video; you will be able to install Data Security.
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Installing NSX Manager
After watching this video; you will be able to install VMware NSX Manager.
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Installing vShield Endpoint
After watching this video; you will be able to install vShield Endpoint.
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Integrating Single Sign-On (SSO)
After watching this video; you will be able to describe SSO integration and configure SSO.
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Integrating VMWare NSX API
After watching this video; you will be able to Determine when to use VMWare NSX API and how to access it.
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IP Address Assignments in VMware NSX
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how IP address assignments work in VMware NSX.
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L2 Fabric Topology Challenges
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the challenges of a layer 2 fabric topology.
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Layer 3 and Converged Cluster Infrastructures
After watching this video; you will be able to differentiate between layer 3 and converged cluster infrastructures.
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Leaf and Spine Topology Challenges
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the challenges of a leaf-spine topology.
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Logical Router Interfaces
After watching this video; you will be able to describe and differentiate router interfaces.
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Logical vs. Physical Network Components
After watching this video; you will be able to differentiate between logical and physical components such as switches and routers.
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Logical vs. Physical Network Security Constructs
After watching this video; you will be able to differentiate between physical and logical security constructs.
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Logical vs. Physical Network Services
After watching this video; you will be able to differentiate between logical and physical services such as firewall and network address translation.
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Logical vs. Physical Network Topologies
After watching this video; you will be able to differentiate between logical and physical topologies.
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Management and Edge Cluster Requirements
After watching this video; you will be able to identify VMware NSX management and edge cluster requirements.
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Managing a Security Group in Service Composer
After watching this video; you will be able to add and edit security groups in Service Composer.
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Managing Application Profiles
After watching this video; you will be able to add; edit; and delete an application profile
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Managing Distributed Firewall Rules
After watching this video; you will be able to configure the order of Distributed Firewall rules; add; merge; and delete a firewall rule section.
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Managing Server Pools
After watching this video; you will be able to add; edit and delete a server pool.
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Managing SpoofGuard IP Addresses
After watching this video; you will be able to edit and clear IP addresses in a SpoofGuard policy.
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Managing Uplink Adapters in a dvUplinkgroup
After watching this video; you will be able to add and remove uplink adapters to dvUplinkgroups.
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Managing user accounts
After watching this video; you will be able to enable or disable a user account and edit or delete a user account.
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Managing Virtual Servers
After watching this video; you will be able to add; edit; and delete virtual servers
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Mapping Security Policies
After watching this video; you will be able to apply a security policy to a security group.
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Migrating Virtual Adapters To and From a vDS
After watching this video; you will be able to migrate virtual machines to and from a vSphere Distributed Switch.
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Migrating Virtual Adapters To and From a vSS
After watching this video; you will be able to migrate virtual adapters to and from a vSphere Standard Switch.
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Minimal and Optimal Physical Infrastructure
After watching this video; you will be able to describe minimum and optimal physical infrastructure requirements for a VMware NSX implementation.
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Minimum Permissions for NSX in a vSphere Environment
After watching this video; you will be able to identify minimum permissions required to deploy NSX in a vSphere environment.
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Modifying Control Plane Mode
After watching this video; you will be able to modify control plane mode.
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Monitoring dvPort State
After watching this video; you will be able to monitor the state of a dvPort on a vSphere Distributed Switch.
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Monitoring Flow and Activity
After watching this video; you will be able to describe and configure flow monitoring.
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Multi-Instance TCP/IP Stack
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the benefits of a multi-instance TCP/IP stack.
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Multi-Tier Topology Challenges
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the challenges of a multi-tier topology.
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NSX and vCAC Preparation Tasks
After watching this video; you will be able to list VMware NSX preparation tasks that must be completed prior to attaching a network profile to a blueprint; and vCloud Automation Center preparation tasks that must be completed prior to deploying a machine with ondemand network services.
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NSX Backup and Recovery
After watching this video; you will be able to recognize the components that are backed up and restored when backing up NSX Manager data and the ability to export/import Service Composer Configurations.
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NSX Common Use Cases
After watching this video; you will be able to describe common use cases for VMware NSX.
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NSX Data Security
After watching this video; you will be able to describe NSX Data Security and required configurations to configure; identify supported data security regulations and file formats supported.
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NSX Deployment Capabilities in vCAC
After watching this video; you will be able to describe VMware NSX deployment capabilities built into vCloud Automation Center.
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NSX Edge and vSphere High Availability
After watching this video; you will be able to differentiate between NSX Edge High Availability and vSphere High Availability.
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NSX Edge HA and Scale-Out NSX Edge HA
After watching this video; you will be able to differentiate between NSX Edge High Availability and Scale-out NSX Edge High Availability implementations.
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NSX Edge High Availability Best Practices
After watching this video; you will be able to describe VMware NSX Edge High Availability best practices.
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NSX Edge High Availability Overview
After watching this video; you will be able to describe VMware NSX Edge High Availability.
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NSX Edge Instance Sizing
After watching this video; you will be able to determine appropriate VMware NSX Edge instance size based on load balancing requirements.
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NSX for vSphere and Third-Party Hypervisors
After watching this video; you will be able to describe and differentiate VMware NSX for vSphere and VMware NSX for third-party hypervisors.
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NSX Functions and Services
After watching this video; you will be able to describe and differentiate functions and services performed by VMware NSX.
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NSX Integration with Third-Party Cloud Automation
After watching this video; you will be able to describe VMware NSX integration with third-party cloud automation products and services.
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NSX Integration with Third-Party Hardware
After watching this video; you will be able to describe VMware NSX integration with third-party hardware including network interface cards and terminating overlay networks.
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NSX Integration with Third-Party Hypervisors
After watching this video; you will be able to describe VMware NSX integration with third-party hypervisors.
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NSX Integration with Third-Party Services
After watching this video; you will be able to describe VMware NSX integration with third-party network and security services.
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NSX Integration with vCAC
After watching this video; you will be able to describe VMware NSX integration with vCloud Automation Center.
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NSX on Physical Networks
After watching this video; you will be able to describe challenges of physical networks and requirements for VMware NSX.
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NSX Stack Components
After watching this video; you will be able to identify the components of the VMware NSX stack.
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NSX Stack Functional Services
After watching this video; you will be able to differentiate functional services delivered by a VMware NSX stack.
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NSX User Roles and Rights
After watching this video; you will be able to identify NSX user roles and their permissions.
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Physical and Virtual QoS Implementations
After watching this video; you will be able to differentiate between physical and virtual QoS implementation.
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Physical Infrastructure Traffic Type Handling
After watching this video; you will be able to describe how different traffic types are handled in a physical infrastructure.
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Physical Network Interface Challenges
After watching this video; you will be able to Identify challenges within a physical network interface.
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Physical Network Topologies
After watching this video; you will be able to describe common physical network topologies; including layer 2 fabric; multi-tier; and leaf-spine.
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Physical Network Trends
After watching this video; you will be able to describe trends in physical networks.
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Pre-Created NSX Components Using vCAC
After watching this video; you will be able to list VMware NSX components that can be pre-created using vCloud Automation Center.
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Preparing a New vSphere Infrastructure
After watching this video; you will be able to prepare a new vSphere infrastructure including configuring Quality of Service (QoS) and configuring Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP).
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Preparing ESXi Hosts
After watching this video; you will be able to prepare VMware ESXi hosts.
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Register and Install a Third-Party Service with NSX
After watching this video; you will be able to manually register and install a third-party service with NSX.
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Registering NSX Manager with vCenter Server
After watching this video; you will be able to register VMware NSX Manager with vCenter Server.
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Service Availability during Failover
After watching this video; you will be able to describe service availability during a VMware Edge High Availability failover.
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Service Composer Overview
After watching this video; you will be able to describe service composer; identify security group assets and services in a security policy.
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Single and Multiple vDS Distributed Logical Router
After watching this video; you will be able to differentiate between single and multiple vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) Distributed Logical Router implementations.
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Spine and Leaf Nodes
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the purpose of a leaf node and a spine node in leaf-spine architecture.
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Testing Logical Switch Connectivity
After watching this video; you will be able to test logical switch connectivity.
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Tracking Logical Networks and Services
After watching this video; you will be able to Identify ways to view and analyse statistics; counters; and health for logical networks and services.
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Transport Zone Overview
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the function of a Transport Zone.
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Troubleshooting Component and Connection Issues
After watching this video; you will be able to use the command line interfrace to identify and troubleshoot NSX component and connection issues.
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Troubleshooting Installation and Configuration
After watching this video; you will be able to idenfity troubleshooting techniques for installation and configuration issues including; required ports; lookup service; licensing; permissions; and IP pool issues.
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Updating vSphere Clusters after NSX Upgrade
After watching this video; you will be able to update vSphere Clusters after VMware NSX upgrade.
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Upgrade Prerequisites
After watching this video; you will be able to verify that upgrade prerequisites have been met.
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Upgrading a vSphere Implementation
After watching this video; you will be able to identify steps required to upgrade a vSphere implementation.
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Upgrading NSX Manager from 6.0 to 6.x
After watching this video; you will be able to upgrade VMware NSX Manager from 6.0 to 6.x.
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Upgrading to NSX Components
After watching this video; you will be able to upgrade VMware NSX Components including NSX Firewall; NSX Edge; vShield Endpoint from 5.5 to 6.x and NSX Data Security.
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Upgrading vCNS 5.5 to NSX 6.x
After watching this video; you will be able to upgrade vCNS 5.5 to VMware NSX 6.x.
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Upgrading vCNS Virtual Wires to NSX Logical Switches
After watching this video; you will be able to upgrade vCNS Virtual Wires to NSX Logical Switches.
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Use Cases for vSphere Standard Switches
After watching this video; you will be able to describe use cases for a vSphere Standard Switch.
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Using Auditing Logs
After watching this video; you will be able to recognize audit logs; information available in the logs; and permissions required for auditing.
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Using the CLI to View Log Information
After watching this video; you will be able to recognize that the CLI can be used for logging and identify NSX Manager and NSX Edge commands .
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Using vCOP to View Network and Security Metrics
After watching this video; you will be able to work with vCenter Operations Manager to view NSX network and security metrics.
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vCAC Network Profiles
After watching this video; you will be able to describe Network Profiles available in vCloud Automation Center.
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vCloud Networking and Security Technologies
After watching this video; you will be able to describe vCloud Networking and Security technologies.
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Virtual Architecture Use Cases
After watching this video; you will be able to determine use cases for available virtual architectures.
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Virtual Network Topologies
After watching this video; you will be able to identify virtual network topologies; including enterprise; service provider multi-tenant; and multi-tenant scalable.
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Virtual to Physical Switch Connection
After watching this video; you will be able to differentiate between virtual and physical switch connection methods.
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VLAN Configuration for a vSphere Implementation
After watching this video; you will be able to describe appropriate VLAN configuration for a vSphere implementation.
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VMkernel Networking Recommendations
After watching this video; you will be able to describe VMkernel networking recommendations.
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VMware NSX Architecture
After watching this video; you will be able to describe the components and architecture on VMware NSX.
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VPN Service Types
After watching this video; you will be able to determine appropriate VPN service type for a given VMware NSX implementation.
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vSphere Core Networking Technologies
After watching this video; you will be able to describe core vSphere networking technologies.
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vSphere Distributed Switch Capabilities
After watching this video; you will be able to identify vSphere Distributed Switch capabilities.
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vSphere Distributed Switch Use Cases
After watching this video; you will be able to describe use cases for a vSphere Distributed Switch.
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vSphere Standard Switch Capabilities
After watching this video; you will be able to identify vSphere Standard Switch capabilities.
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VMware NSX Network Virtualization: Technology and Architecture
The architecutre of VMware NSX enables it to overcome many challenges and bottlenecks of traditional physical networks. This course covers the benefits of NSX, its architecture, and different network and security technologies used. It goes on to contrast physical and logical network topologies, and finishes with a discussion on integration with third party products and services. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft courses that cover the objectives for VMware certification exam VCA-NV: VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization.
- start the course
- identify challenges within a physical network interface
- define common terms used in VMware NSX
- describe and differentiate functions and services performed by VMware NSX
- describe common use cases for VMware NSX
- identify the components of the VMware NSX stack
- identify common topologies of physical networks
- describe a basic VMware NSX topology
- differentiate functional services delivered by a VMware NSX stack
- identify upgrade requirements for ESXi hosts
- identify steps required to upgrade a vSphere implementation
- describe core vSphere networking technologies
- describe vCloud Networking and Security technologies
- describe and differentiate VMware NSX for vSphere and VMware NSX for third-party hypervisors
- differentiate between logical and physical topologies
- differentiate between logical and physical components such as switches and routers
- differentiate between logical and physical services such as firewall and network address translation
- differentiate between physical and logical security constructs
- describe VMware NSX integration with third-party hypervisors
- describe VMware NSX integration with third-party cloud automation products and services
- describe VMware NSX integration with third-party network and security services
- describe VMware NSX integration with third-party hardware including network interface cards and terminating overlay networks
- manually register and install a third-party service with NSX
- describe VMware NSX integration with vCloud Automation Center
- describe VMware NSX deployment capabilities built into vCloud Automation Center
- list VMware NSX components that can be pre-created using vCloud Automation Center
- describe Network Profiles available in vCloud Automation Center
- list VMware NSX preparation tasks that must be completed prior to attaching a network profile to a blueprint, and vCloud Automation Center preparation tasks that must be completed prior to deploying a machine with on-demand network services
- describe the components and architecture on VMware NSX
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VMware NSX Network Virtualization: Installing and Upgrading
VMware NSX installation can be an involved process, especially when considering upgrades from previous versions or upgrades from vCNS. This course covers preinstallation and installation of VMware NSX, upgrades to NSX 6.x, and expanding transport zones to accommodate new clusters. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft courses that cover the objectives for VMware certification exam VCA-NV: VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization.
- start the course
- define elements of MTU and dynamic routing for edge when configuring the physical infrastructure
- define steps to take when preparing a new vSphere infrastructure including Quality of Service (QoS) and Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
- define guidelines and recommendations for configuring an existing vSphere infrastructure
- describe how IP address assignments work in VMware NSX
- identify minimum permissions required to deploy NSX in a vSphere environment
- install VMware NSX Manager
- register VMware NSX Manager with vCenter Server
- install VMware NSX License
- prepare VMware ESXi hosts
- deploy VMware NSX Controllers
- assign Segment ID pool and Multicast addresses
- configure VXLAN Transport
- install VMware NSX Edge
- install vShield Endpoint
- install Data Security
- create an IP pool
- verify that upgrade prerequisites have been met
- upgrade vCNS 5.5 to VMware NSX 6.x
- upgrade vCNS Virtual Wires to NSX Logical Switches
- upgrade VMware NSX Components including NSX Firewall, NSX Edge, vShield Endpoint from 5.5 to 6.x and NSX Data Security
- upgrade VMware NSX Manager from 6.0 to 6.x
- update vSphere Clusters after VMware NSX upgrade
- describe the function of a Transport Zone
- add a Transport Zone
- expand and contract a Transport Zone
- edit a Transport Zone
- change the Control Plane mode for a Transport Zone
- identify the steps to install and upgrade VMware NSX components
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VMware NSX Network Virtualization: NSX Network Services
Network services in VMware NSX virtual network environments are broadly similar to regular network services, but with some key differences. This course covers network load balancing; VPNs; DNS, DHCP and NAT; and high availability services. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft courses that cover the objectives for VMware certification exam VCA-NV: VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization.
- start the course
- configure global load balancing
- create a service monitor
- add, edit and delete a server pool
- add, edit and delete an application profile
- add, edit and delete virtual servers
- determine appropriate VMware NSX Edge instance size based on load balancing requirements
- configure IPSec VPNs including VPN services, parameters and logging
- configure Layer 2 VPNs incusing enabling, adding clients and servers and viewing statistics
- configure network access and web access SSL VPN-Plus including configuration, pools networks, packages, users and scripts
- determine appropriate VPN service type for a given VMware NSX implementation
- add and edit a DHCP IP pool
- enable a DHCP IP pool
- add and edit DHCP static binding
- configure DNS services
- add Source NAT (SNAT) rules
- add Destination NAT (DNAT) rules
- describe VMware NSX Edge High Availability
- describe VMware NSX Edge High Availability best practices
- describe service availability during a VMware Edge High Availability failover
- differentiate between NSX Edge High Availability and vSphere High Availability
- configure NSX Edge High Availability heartbeat settings
- configure load balancing and high availability in VMware NSX
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VMware NSX Network Virtualization: Physical Infrastructure Requirements
VMware NSX is flexible with regard to the underlying network fabric, but there are a number of significant advantages in different network environments. This course covers the benefits of running VMware NSX over physical network fabrics, and the requirements for doing so. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft courses that cover the objectives for VMware certification exam VCA-NV: VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization.
- start the course
- describe common physical network topologies, including layer 2 fabric, multi-tier, and leaf-spine
- describe trends in physical networks
- describe the purpose of a leaf node and a spine node in leaf-spine architecture
- identify virtual network topologies, including enterprise, service provider multi-tenant, and multi-tenant scalable
- describe the benefits of a multi-instance TCP/IP stack
- describe the challenges of a layer 2 fabric topology
- describe the challenges of a multi-tier topology
- describe the challenges of a leaf-spine topology
- differentiate between physical and virtual QoS implementation
- differentiate between single and multiple vSphere Distributed Switch (vDS) Distributed Logical Router implementations
- differentiate between NSX Edge High Availability and Scale-out NSX Edge High Availability implementations
- differentiate between collapsed and separate vSphere cluster topologies
- differentiate between layer 3 and converged cluster infrastructures
- identify VMware NSX management and edge cluster requirements
- describe minimum and optimal physical infrastructure requirements for a VMware NSX implementation
- describe how different traffic types are handled in a physical infrastructure
- determine use cases for available virtual architectures
- differentiate between virtual and physical switch connection methods
- describe VMkernel networking recommendations
- describe challenges of physical networks and requirements for VMware NSX
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VMware NSX Network Virtualization: Configuring vSphere Networking
VMware vSphere has significant virtual networking capability built on vSphere Standard Switches and vSphere Distributed Switches. This course covers configuration and management of both vSphere switch types, including policy management. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft courses that cover the objectives for VMware certification exam VCA-NV: VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization.
- start the course
- identify vSphere Standard Switch capabilities
- add, configure and remove vmnics on a vSphere Standard Switch
- configure vmkernel ports for network services
- add, edit and remove port groups on a vSphere Standard Switch
- describe use cases for a vSphere Standard Switch
- identify vSphere Distributed Switch capabilities
- create a vSphere Distributed Switch
- add and remove ESXi hosts from a vSphere Distributed Switch
- edit general vSphere Distributed Switch settings
- add, configure and remove dvPortgroups
- configure dvPort settings
- add and remove uplink adapters to dvUplinkgroups
- create, configure and remove virtual adapters
- migrate virtual adapters to and from a vSphere Standard Switch
- migrate virtual machines to and from a vSphere Distributed Switch
- monitor the state of a dvPort on a vSphere Distributed Switch
- describe use cases for a vSphere Distributed Switch
- identify common vSphere Standard Switch and vSphere Distributed Switch policies
- configure dvPortgroup blocking policies
- configure load balancing and failover policies
- configure VLAN settings
- configure traffic shaping policies
- enable TCP Segmentation Offload (TOE) support for a virtual machine
- enable Jumbo Frame support on appropriate components
- describe appropriate VLAN configuration for a vSphere implementation
- configure vSphere switches and virtual adapters
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VMware NSX Network Virtualization: Configuring NSX Virtual Networks
VMware NSX networks are comprised of virtual switches, bridges, routers, and VXLANs. VXLANs bring VLAN like overlay technology to virtual networks to overcome data center scaling issues. This course covers configuration of VMware virtual network devices and VXLANs, including router configuration using various routing protocols. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft courses that cover the objectives for VMware certification exam VCA-NV: VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization.
- start the course
- configure IP address assignments on logical switches
- add and remove a logical switch
- modify control plane mode
- connect a logical switch to a VMware NSX Edge gateway
- deploy services to a logical switch
- connect and disconnect virtual machines
- test logical switch connectivity
- determine distributed virtual switch type and version for a given VMware NSX implementation
- identify where to install and configure VXLAN and physical network requirements
- determine the appropriate teaming policy for a given implementation
- identify high availability requirements for layer 2 bridging
- add a layer 2 bridge to a VMware NSX Edge device
- describe and differentiate router interfaces
- describe controller and logical switch requirements for logical router deployment
- add a logical router
- configure a management interface
- configure High Available for a logical router
- configure edge routing
- configure routing protocols including static routes, OSPF, BGP, and IS-IS
- configure default gateway
- determine if cross-protocol route sharing is needed for a given NSX implementation
- create switches and configure VXLANs in a VMware NSX virtual network
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VMware NSX Network Virtualization: NSX Network Security
Virtual network security is as important as physical network security - perhaps even more so, given the nature and scale of the connectivity. In this course, you will learn about managing and configuring Service Composer, Logical Firewall Services, and Distributed Firewall Services, all key to ensuring high levels of network security in a VMware NSX environment. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft courses that cover the objectives for VMware certification exam VCA-NV: VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization.
- start the course
- describe service composer, identify security group assets and services in a security policy
- add and edit security groups in Service Composer
- create a security policy in Service Composer
- apply a security policy to a security group
- add, edit, delete, assign, and view security tags
- create and edit an Edge Firewall rule
- compare Layer 2 and Layer 3 distributed firewall rules, entity-based and Identity-based rules, and describe rule processing order and rule segregation
- create and edit a Distributed Firewall rule and configure the source, destination, service, and action rule components
- configure the order of Distributed Firewall rules, add, merge, delete, and import and export Distributed Firewall rules
- identify reasons why virtual machines should be excluded from Distributed Firewall protection and recognize the steps to exclude the VMs
- create a SpoofGuard policy and approve IP addresses
- edit and clear IP addresses in a SpoofGuard policy
- create a new Distributed Firewall rule, enable a rule, change the order of a rule, and add a new rule section
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Installing NSX Edge
After watching this video; you will be able to install VMware NSX Edge.
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VMware NSX Network Virtualization: NSX Operations
Ongoing operational tasks are as important for virtual network administrators, even if the required tasks are not entirely the same. This course covers identity and access issues, such as roles and permissions. It goes on to cover automation using REST APIs. Finally it covers monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting issues you may encounter in a VMware NSX environment. This course is one of a series of Skillsoft courses that cover the objectives for VMware certification exam VCA-NV: VMware Certified Professional – Network Virtualization.
- start the course
- identify NSX user roles and their permissions
- describe SSO integration and configure SSO
- identify when to use and how to configure vCenter user roles
- configure inventory objects to users
- enable or disable a user account and edit or delete a user account
- describe NSX REST APIs and how they work
- implement REST APIs in supported browsers
- determine when to use VMware NSX API and how to access it
- identifying various NSX monitoring methods
- describe and configure flow monitoring
- configure single and multiple virtual machine data collection
- work with vCenter Operations Manager to view NSX network and security metrics
- identify ways to view and analyze statistics, counters, and health for logical networks and services
- recognize audit logs, information available in the logs, and permissions required for auditing
- audit firewall rules using flow monitoring
- describe NSX Ticket Logger and specify the steps used to audit infrastructure changes with NSX Ticket Logger
- describe NSX data security and required configurations to configure and identify supported data security regulations and file formats supported
- configure a data security policy
- configure syslogs for NSX Manager and NSX Edge
- configure Dynamic Routing information and basic Load Balancer logging
- recognize that the CLI can be used for logging and identifying NSX Manager commands
- identify the steps required to download NSX Edge and NSX Manager tech support logs
- recognize the components that are backed up and restored when backing up NSX Manager data and the ability to export/import Service Composer Configurations
- complete the steps required to backup and restore NSX Manager data
- identify troubleshooting techniques for installation and configuration issues including, required ports, lookup service, licensing, permissions, and IP pool issues
- use the command line interface to identify and troubleshoot NSX component and connection issues
- configure a user role, scope, NSX Manager syslogs and download tech support logs